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Sponsored by The Nebraska Council on Economic Education
NationalEconomicsChallengeSM
A PROGRAM OF THE COUNCIL FOR ECONOMIC EDUCATION
The council is proud of its continuing partnership with
Nebraska State Treasurer Don Stenberg’s office in
hosting the Finance Challenge regional competition.
This is the fourth year that the state treasurer’s office
through their NEST program has offered over $14,000
in scholarship prize money for the top teams.
Econ Challenge State Champions, Adam Smith Division 1136 students participated in the online round of
Bellevue East High School - Morgan Gallagher, Greyson Kreis, Mariana competition. The top five teams in each region then
Madrigal and Kelly Speltz, coached by PK Simmons. continued on to the regionals to determine who
would be named Nebraska State Champions. Teams
High school teams from Bellevue and Waverly took endured an intensive preparation and presentation
the lead in the annual Nebraska Economics Challenge of a financial plan based around a detailed fictitious
State Championship hosted by the Nebraska Council family scenario.
on Economic Education on Friday, March 24 at the
University of Nebraska at Omaha, Mammal Hall. Alliance High School took first place and competed in
the National Competition in St. Louis. Each member
The challenge began with close to 700 students of the team received a $2,000 NEST savings account,
competing through the online challenge. The state final each member of the second place-team from Lincoln
pitted 18 teams from ten high schools from across the Southeast received a $1,000 NEST savings account
state in a competition to determine who has the greater and each member of the third-place team from
knowledge of economics. Omaha Northwest Magnet High School received a
$500 college savings account.
“It was very encouraging to see the depth of knowledge
and understanding from this year’s participants. This
year we really ramped up the difficulty level and
these amazing students rose to the occasion. This is
a testament to the teachers in our communities across
Nebraska working hard to ensure students are given
the economic skills they need to be better workers,
business owners, consumers, savers, and investors,”
said Jennifer Davidson, president of the Nebraska
Council on Economic Education.
Finance Challenge State Champions – Alliance High School
winning team with NCEE President Jennifer Davidson.
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